Mary King's Close
Sealed 17th-century streets home to the restless spirit of a young plague victim.
View on Street View (opens in Google Maps)Beneath Edinburgh's Royal Mile lies Mary King's Close — a labyrinth of 17th-century streets sealed off after plague ravaged the city. Guided tours pass reconstructed rooms and narrow closes where staff and guests report unexplained touches, disembodied voices, and the presence of a young girl known in local lore as Annie.
The close is one of Scotland's most studied underground haunts. Thermal cameras, audio recorders, and plain old human intuition all have a place here — along with respect for the people who once lived and died in these buried streets.
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